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Lane Smith
American actor (1936-2005) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 69
Walter Lane Smith III was an American actor. His well-known roles included newspaper editor Perry White in the ABC series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, collaborator entrepreneur Nathan Bates in the 1984 NBC television series V, Mayor Bates in the film Red Dawn, Coach Jack Reilly in The Mighty Ducks,...
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A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
WW3Film, John Sullivan1999
Judging AmySeries, Mr. Radford
Inherit the WindFilm, 1999Reverend Jeremiah Brown1997
King of the HillSeries, Charlie Fortner (voice)
Alien Nation: The Udara LegacyFilm, 1997Senator Silverthorne1995
The Outer LimitsSeries, Dr. Malcolm Boussard1994
The ScoutFilm, Ron Wilson1992
My Cousin VinnyFilm, Jim Trotter III1989
Night GameFilm, Whitty1986
If Tomorrow ComesSeries, Warden Brannigan
Native SonFilm, 1986Britton1984
Murder, She WroteSeries, Pol. Chief Miles Underwood
Places in the HeartFilm, 1984Albert Denby1983
ChiefsSeries, Hoss Spence1982
FrancesFilm, Docteur Symington1981
Hill Street BluesSeries, Mike1980
Gideon's TrumpetFilm, Fred Turner1978
Blue CollarFilm, Clarence Hill1977
Lou GrantSeries, Dr. Lawrence1976
NetworkFilm, Robert McDonough1974
The Rockford FilesSeries, CIA Agent Donnegan
Man on a SwingFilm, 1974Ted Ronan1971
MaidstoneFilm1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries1936Born29 April 1936People around Lane
Close ties
Sidney Lumet Directed Network and Prince of the City
Jonathan Lynn Directed My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Emilio Estevez Produced The War at Home (1996)
Lindsay Crouse Also in Prince of the City and Between the Lines
Peter Masterson Directed Night Game (1989)- Daniel Petrie Directed Resurrection (1980)
George D. Wallace Also in Prison, Native Son and The Final Days
Dolph Sweet Also in Cops and Robbers (1974)- Leonard Goldberg Produced The Distinguished Gentleman (1993)
Martin Scorsese Produced The Hi-Lo Country (1999)
Robert Redford Directed The Legend of Bagger Vance (2001)
Brendan Fraser Also in The Scout and Son in Law
Sydney Pollack Produced Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
Ned Beatty Also in The Last American Hero and Network
Terry O'Quinn Also in Places in the Heart and WW3
Renny Harlin Directed Prison (1987)
Paul Schrader Directed Blue Collar (1981)- Basil Poledouris Wrote Red Dawn and The War at Home
Jon Avnet Produced The Mighty Ducks (1994)- Jonathan Kaplan Directed Over the Edge (1980)
- Albert S. Ruddy Produced The Scout (1994)
Stephen Herek Directed The Mighty Ducks (1994)
Jake Eberts Produced The Legend of Bagger Vance (2001)
John Hamilton Duets: Perry White
Known for
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Network 1976
My Cousin Vinny 1992
Blue Collar 1978
Places in the Heart 1984
Over the Edge 1979
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
105 credits on file
Television 24
About this person
His well-known roles included newspaper editor Perry White in the ABC series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, collaborator entrepreneur Nathan Bates in the 1984 NBC television series V, Mayor Bates in the film Red Dawn, Coach Jack Reilly in The Mighty Ducks, district attorney Jim Trotter in My Cousin Vinny, U.S. Congressman Dick Dodge in The Distinguished Gentleman, Grantland Rice in The Legend of Bagger Vance, and U.S. President Richard Nixon in The Final Days, for which he received a Golden Globe award nomination.
In the same film or series as Lane
Jackie Earle HaleyAlso in The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977)
Matt DillonAlso in Over the Edge (1979)
Elizabeth McGovernAlso in Native Son (1986)
Charles DurningAlso in Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
Kimberly Williams-PaisleyAlso in The War at Home (1996)
Adrienne BarbeauAlso in Terror at London Bridge (1985)